Rachel Maddow could well be the leader of a charge that results in the MI gov losing his job

[Stinky The Clown]

I think she's doing good work.

[malaise]

1. He will resign

and he will be indicted

[femmocrat]

2. Finding someone to take charge of the rebuilding of Flint has to be a priority.

That mayor of Flint, Karen Weaver, looks like a capable candidate.

[monmouth4]

3. I was very impressed with her too. Smart gal and no pushover...nt

[lostnfound]

6. Plus she was positive and hopeful at the end, which was KIND

She ended by saying that this problem was GOING to be fixed because America was not going to let this situation go unsolved. I'm sure the people in Flint felt hope and support after two years of being ignored.

[Hortensis]

14. Yes. Flint needs her to be as good as she sounds.

And those who blocked her - we need them gone, ideally in prison. Go, Rachel! And Michael Moore!

[yellowcanine]

20. Nitpick. "Woman", not "gal" A gal is a girl. She is a grown woman.

[Bluenorthwest]

33. Not really, the definition of 'gal' is :

Definition of gal: girl, woman.

In common US English 'gal' is the counterpart to 'guy' which is also not age specific.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Good God, that city was turned in a fucking plantation, complete with overseers

Holy Fucking Hell.

Goddamned fucking Kochsuckers.

[Hekate]

5. That's the gods' own truth. May the adherents of ALEC see job loss at a minimum and jail time....

....for those who ordered this and other fiascos.

[pnwmom]

13. Not just that city. All the black majority cities in Michigan, according to

one of the people there.

[Hortensis]

16. Look at Detroit. A major American city, allowed to

lose all its industry to white flight, without investment to bring in new, and allowed to fail -- by a Michigan state government that colluded in and aided the abandonment of...Detroit! Nothing is so incredible and unlikely that it is not possible and is not happening somewhere.

I believe strongly that citizens have an absolute duty to monitor what our public officials do with the power we give them and to remove it for poor performance and malfeasance. In a nation this size, expelling people from office should not be uncommon.

[KamaAina]

19. Detroit is now on the rebound. Perhaps Flint could shoot for being Detroit, Jr.

Although it doesn't have as many advantages as the D does (all that architecture!), it does have a University of Michigan campus to work with. Perhaps it could reach back into its automotive past and set up a gigantic car museum, maybe with an assembly line still running.

[1939]

22. What would that cost and how many people would it employ? NT

[KamaAina]

24. Maybe we could get the Koch brothers to pay for it.

[Hortensis]

27. The geographic advantages that caused them to form

mostly still exist, I imagine. With global warming and drying up of rivers and aquifers, I suspect the day'll come when many people won't be able to afford to live in Detroit.

[KamaAina]

28. The Great Lakes themselves have long been the region's ace in the hole

some in the parched West are already hungrily (thirstily? ) eyeing that water.

[Hortensis]

29. Yup. All the more reason to vote Democrat

for necessary infrastructure development, and I do not mean giant canals.

LOL. Yesterday I was in a small boat where truly giant freshwater springs come up in an estuary right off the Gulf of Mexico, creating a places where manatees can be warm all year round. I swear I couldn't enjoy the beautiful scenery the way I should for cringing at the unbelievable amounts of fresh water lost to the sea. Just like when we're visiting people who leave faucets running but worse. I have PTSD from drought.

[myrna minx]

7. Watching this town hall and made me so outraged on behalf of our fellow Americans in Flint.

I wish there was something I could do. Something like this would NEVER happen in Orange County Ca or Edina Minnesota.

I'm sick of our citizens, especially those of color, treated as disposable.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. As I watched, the phrase "Black Lives Matter" kept going through my head

I realize there may be some issues with applying that phrase to this, but, when you think of all the places that FUCK, Snyder, installed "Emergency Managers", the phrase seems apros pos.

[myrna minx]

10. Black Lives Matter - FLINT. This has been on my mind since I heard of Flint.

BLM is not only about punitive law enforcement, BUT ALSO about horrible oversight of basic infrastructure. What happened in Ferguson, showed white America the crushing, punitive, disturbing reaction of law enforcement to civil protests and now white America is now having to confront the purposeful lead poisining of a generation of children in Flint Michigan.

This was by design and it's disturbing. Black Lives Matter. Snyder need to resign.

[malaise]

15. and so do the lives of the poor whites and other minorities

in Flint.

[KamaAina]

25. Actually, the OC does have pockets of poverty

in its larger cities like Anaheim, Santa Ana and especially Garden Grove, much of which is gang turf.

[lonestarnot]

9. Losing his job? Lemme ask you this.

Does a person who intentionally damages a life forever get a get out of jail free pass?

[mythology]

11. He should consider it a career transition to a job more suited for his skills

Perhaps something in the prison woodworking shop, or scrubbing toilets in prison (preferably with his own toothbrush). I'd even settle for working in the prison library.

He shouldn't get the option of resigning. He should be impeached, indicted and based on the available evidence convicted along with the town's emergency manager and anybody else responsible.

Unfortunately the rest of the country will be stuck footing the bill for this, but I think as much as possible should be coming out of Snyder's personal bank account as he caused this.

[moondust]

12. $200 million.

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I read somewhere that's what he's worth. I have no idea where he got it. That would indeed buy quite a bit of new water pipe and continuing medical care for his victims. He also has some billionaire pals who helped him get elected such as the DeVos family of Grand Rapids.

[Atman]

23. He had a First Premier Credit Card and six cases of empties before he took office.

Funny how that works.

[Bluenorthwest]

34. He had a big executive career and then founded a venture capital company and then an investment

company. Big Money all the way.

[Maeve]

17. She started long ago warning of the 'emergency manager' crap

And how the preponderance of towns taken over just happen to be not only poor but majority-black

[Highway61]

18. She is awesome.

That scumbag should be in jail. Despicable. He knew and did nothing = genocide. How can he sleep at night?

[Atman]

21. Is anyone discussing the removal of the emergency managers?

Maybe I missed that part. A Republican wet dream, "Emergency Managers" who got to rule without any consequence, authoritarian profiteers unburdened by pesky regulations and laws. How did this ever even be allowed to happen?

[moondust]

31. At least getting rid of the law.

At Rachel's town hall it was explained that a public referendum or something voted to get rid of the law but then Snyder and the legislature went to work and reinforced it and made it so the law could not be repealed by a referendum. Something odious like that. I believe Michael Moore also prioritized getting rid of the law when he was on Lawrence O'Donnell's show last night. It's a prescription for malfeasance and tyranny.

[SpartanDem]

35. The power appoint an overseer for cities financial trouble isn't unusual

the law passed by Snyder gave much broader powers to those people than pre-existing law. And it's very much broaded conditions in which could be used. Prior the 2012 law it was something that only been used a handfull of time in the state

[EndElectoral]

26. If anyone ever deserved to lose his job, this bozo does.

[Gothmog]

30. Just like in the bridgegate matter, Rachel is doing great reporting here

[Vinca]

32. She's doing amazing work.